Samuel Barlay

Football player infobox
playername= Samuel Barlay
fullname =


height = height|m=1.82
weight =
nickname = Big Sammy
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1986|09|15
cityofbirth = Freetown
countryofbirth = Sierra Leone
currentclub = IFK Mariehamn
clubnumber = 7
position = Offensive midfielder
years = –2004
2004–
2006
2007
2008–
clubs = East End Lions
Malmö FF
IFK Mariehamn (loan)
Örgryte IS (loan)
IFK Mariehamn
caps(goals) =
04 (0)
08 (0)
18 (5)
015 (0)
nationalyears = 2004-
nationalteam = Sierra Leone
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate = September 4, 2008
ntupdate =

Samuel Barlay (born September 15, 1986 in Freetown) is a Sierra Leonean international footballer. He plays as a central midfielder for IFK Mariehamn in the Finnish Premier Division and for the Sierra Leone national football team. Barlay is a first choice at the central midfield position for the Leone Stars, as the Sierra Leone national football team is known. He won a penalty for his country which was converted by Mohamed Kallon that gave the Leone Stars a 1-0 win over South Africa in the 2010 FIFA World Cup/2010 African Cup of Nations qualifying match played in June 2008 in Freetown. He is commonly known in Sierra Leone by his nickname Big Sammy.

Profile

Samuel Barlay was born and raised in Freetown. He started his professional football career with top Sierra Leonean club East End Lions in the Sierra Leone National Premier League in 2003. He was the captain of the Sierra Leone U-17 national football team at the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship in Finland. He signed for Malmö FF from Sierra Leonean East End Lions shortly after the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship. In 2006 he was on a season long loan at IFK Mariehamn in the Finnish Veikkausliiga. In 2008 he returned to "Grönvitt" after a loan spell at Örgryte IS in the Swedish second tier of football.

External links

* [http://www.svenskfotboll.se/t3suppl.aspx?p=152185&playerid=4252 Svenskfotboll profile] sv icon
* [http://www.veikkausliiga.com/Default.aspx?link=/Player.aspx?ID=13001262 Veikkausliiga profile] fi icon
* [http://touchline.onthespot.co.uk/guardian/StatsCentre.asp?Lang=0&CTID=55&CPID=72&pStr=Player&PLID=184962&TEID=6774 Guardian's Stats Centre]